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After Albert Wolff

Neustrelitz 1814 – 1892 Berlin-Charlottenburg

Peitho and Hebe at a fountain. 1899, after design of 1879

Sandstone-coloured terracotta, washed, from the March pottery, Berlin-Charlottenburg. 154 x 105 x 84 cm (60 ⅝ x 41 ⅜ x 33 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: After Albert Wolff. Peitho and Hebe at a fountain. 1899, after design of 1879.

Estimate:

EUR 12,000

 

- 15,000

USD 16,300

 

- 20,400

Sold for:

15,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 215-221

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 28.11.2013

Information

Sandstone-coloured terracotta, washed, from the March pottery, Berlin-Charlottenburg. 154 x 105 x 84 cm (60 ⅝ x 41 ⅜ x 33 ⅛ in.). On the reverse oval foundry mark: E. MARCH SÖHNE CHARLOTTENBURG BEI BERLIN. Minor chips.

Related literature: Jutta von Simson: Der Bildhauer Albert Wolff 1814-1892. Berlin 1982, p. 111–120, in particular ill. en 89–92 / Katharina Lippold: Berliner Terrakottakunst des 19. Jahrhunderts, Berlin 2010

We would like to thank Dr. Jan Cremer, Ofen- und Keramikmuseum Velten, and in particular Dr. Jutta von Simson, Berlin, author the monograph on Wolff's work, for the valuable information provided..

Private collection, France

Thonwarenfabrik von Ernst March Söhne Charlottenburg bei Berlin, undated [1899], sheet 166, no. 381